Fort Essington

Fort Essington
   On the British Columbia coast. Used by the Hudson's Bay Company as an intermediate post between Fort McLoughlin and Fort Simpson.
   Index: D Built by Hudson's Bay Company in 1835, 118.
   Bib.: Bancroft, History of British Columbia.

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